"nugae" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈnuː.ɡae̯] [Classical-Latin], [ˈnuː.d͡ʒe] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a borrowing from another Italic language, cognate with nux (“nut”) and naucum (“nutshell, trifle”). Compare typologically Russian семе́чки (seméčki), ещё цвето́чки (ješčó cvetóčki). Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{bor|la|itc|-}} Italic, {{m+|ru|семе́чки}} Russian семе́чки (seméčki) Head templates: {{la-noun|nūgae<1>}} nūgae f pl (genitive nūgārum); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|nūgae<1>}} Forms: nūgae [canonical, feminine, plural], nūgārum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], nūgae [nominative, plural], nūgārum [genitive, plural], nūgīs [dative, plural], nūgās [accusative, plural], nūgīs [ablative, plural], nūgae [plural, vocative], naugae [alternative, archaic]
  1. jokes, jests Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-nugae-la-noun-sWVbVHMh Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 45 46 10 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Latin pluralia tantum: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 49 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 41 26
  2. trifles Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-nugae-la-noun--W~ibB9- Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 45 46 10 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Latin pluralia tantum: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 49 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 41 26
  3. worthless people Tags: declension-1
    Sense id: en-nugae-la-noun-AcNNyzl- Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Latin pluralia tantum: 36 34 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 49 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 41 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nūgācitās, nūgālis, nūgāmenta, nūgātor, nūgātōrius, nūgāx, nūgidicus, nūgō, nūgor, nūgula
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.